@robini71 To be clear, not having it isn't going to make or break my experience with the screen reader but it has been a long-standing tradition, possibly going back to 2009.
We know - it was just there was an issue with the installer which made it safer to remove the sound - hopefully it will be something we can reinstate again in future.
Note that it is only for the installer, the regular NVDA startup / shutdown sounds still work as normal.
@NVAccess Agree! It's like the "Intel inside" sound. The McDonalds jingle sung at the end of their commercials: "ba da, ba ba ba", here in the US. I view That NVDA sound as part of your branding. Fingers crossed it'll return when all is right for it to return. :)
@NVAccess hi, if the sound can not be restored then some indication of loading would be nice? exammple, nvda installer loading... or something? currently we can't tell if anything is happening at all. at least when we had the nvda jingle we new that the installer was on it's way.
@mhussain We weren't able to include anything for 2025.1, but it's certainly something to look at moving forward (note, NVDA couldn't simply SAY something - since to broadly summarise - it's that ability which is being unpacked initially.
@GamingWithEars am I the only one who likes that? It lets me know the thing is loading and that I actually snag the stupid User account control. I’ve had several UAC prompts hide behind other windows.
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in reply to David Goldfield • • •We know - it was just there was an issue with the installer which made it safer to remove the sound - hopefully it will be something we can reinstate again in future.
Note that it is only for the installer, the regular NVDA startup / shutdown sounds still work as normal.
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currently we can't tell if anything is happening at all.
at least when we had the nvda jingle we new that the installer was on it's way.
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